I was not expecting a talking sophisticated gator...you keep on surprising me with this column. It is really good that when I enlarge the comic, the last frame is off screen right...the punch line is never spoiled!

If you have a gator that can talk then you explain the game of 'fetch' before you even toss the first stick. That, to me, seems reasonable. But to expect him to get the purpose of the game all at once, well that is putting way too much pressure on any amphibian. Sorry buddy...its like Jung said to Freud - if you can't take critique of your stuff then don't be in the cartooning business.